2025 March Madness: Men’s NCAA tournament schedule, dates

By Priyanka Halder Mar 19, 20250

The 2025 March Madness tournament gets underway with First Four games on Tuesday, March 18. Check out the full schedule and bracket below:

2025 NCAA men’s tournament bracket

Click or tap here for the interactive bracket

Here is the schedule:

Selection Sunday: 6 p.m. ET Sunday, March 16 on CBS
First Four: March 18-19
First round: March 20-21
Second round: March 22-23
Sweet 16: March 27-28
Elite Eight: March 29-30
Final Four: April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas
NCAA championship game: April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas

2025 NCAA tournament schedule, scores, highlights

All times ET

Tuesday, March 18 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio)

Wednesday, March 19 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio)

Thursday, March 20 (First Round/Round of 64)

Friday, March 21 (First Round/Round of 64)

Saturday, March 22 (Second Round/Round of 32)

Sunday, March 23 (Second Round/Round of 32)

Thursday, March 27 (Sweet 16)

Friday, March 28 (Sweet 16)

Saturday, March 29 (Elite Eight)

Sunday, March 30 (Elite Eight)

Saturday, April 5 (Final Four in San Antonio)

6:09 p.m. on CBS
8:49 p.m. on CBS

Monday, April 7 (National championship game in San Antonio)

These are the sites for the men’s tournament in 2025:

ROUND	CITY	VENUE	DATES	HOST
First Four	Dayton, Ohio	UD Arena	March 18 – 19	University of Dayton
First/Second	Lexington, KY	Rupp Arena	March 20 -22	University of Kentucky
First/Second	Providence, RI	Amica Mutual Pavilion	March 20 – 22	Providence College
First/Second	Seattle, WA	Climate Pledge Arena	March 21 – 23	University of Washington
First/Second	Wichita, KS	Intrust Bank Arena	March 20 – 22	Wichita State University
First/Second	Cleveland, OH	Rocket Arena	March 21 – 23	Mid-American Conference
First/Second	Denver, CO	Ball Arena	March 20 – 22	Mountain West Conference
First/Second	Milwaukee, WI	Fiserv Forum	March 21 – 23	Marquette University
First/Second	Raleigh, NC	Lenovo Center	March 21 – 23	NC State University
East Regional	Newark, NJ	Prudential Center	March 27 – 29	Seton Hall University
West Regional	San Francisco, CA	Chase Center	March 27 – 29	Pac-12 Conference
South Regional	Atlanta, GA	State Farm Arena	March 28 – 30	Georgia Institute of Technology
Midwest Regional	Indianapolis, IN	Lucas Oil Stadium	March 28 – 30	IU Indianapolis/Horizon League

And here is the game-by-game rundown for the 2024 men’s tournament. Click or tap on each game to be taken to the final stats.

You can get a printable 2024 NCAA bracket here

March Madness: Future sites, dates

Here are the future sites for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball Final Four:

FINAL FOUR DATES	CITY, REGION	FACILITY	HOST
April 5 and 7, 2025	San Antonio	Alamodome	University of Texas at San Antonio, University of the Incarnate Word
April 4 and 6, 2026	Indianapolis	Lucas Oil Stadium	Horizon League, IUPUI
April 3 and 5, 2027	Detroit	Ford Field	Michigan State University
April 1 and 3, 2028	Las Vegas	Allegiant Stadium	UNLV
March 31 and April 2, 2029	Indianapolis	Lucas Oil Stadium	Horizon League, IUPUI
April 6 and 8, 2030	North Texas	AT&T Stadium	Big 12 Conference

Priyanka Halder

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